Re: Birth Names

by LadyMika 14th April 2010, 1:53 pm

Karyn wrote:
LadyMika wrote:
goombagirl wrote:I'm the queen of cheesy video games. Mario, Sonic and Zelda are my faves.

DID SOMEONE SAY SONIC??? [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

SERIOUSLY! That's like one of the best games ever (besides Pacman lol)

I know right!? Especially when Sonic & Knuckles came out? And you hooked it up to Sonic 3?? Sheeeeeet. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] Those were the DAYS man! You can't get games like those anymore!!

by curlsunfurled 15th April 2010, 1:34 am

You ladies have really wonderful stories or reasoning behind the names you were given. Though you may or may not like your name, you have to appreciate the thought processes your parents went through to create a name specially for you. I was not that fortunate.

My first name is Rhonda. For many years I thought I was named after that dang old Beach Boy's song - "Help me, Rhonda". During a conversation I brought up the question was I named after the song - Help me, Rhonda. My mom said, "Song? No, after you were born I just looked through a book and named you Rhonda" [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] in a very dry and matter of factly tone (my dad was in Vietnam when I was born - not sure the story would have turned out differently if he was here). At that moment, I sort of thought wow - that's it???? UGH, you do not know how many times I've been horribly "serenaded" with that song! The middle name will not be disclosed... I'll just say it is country southern (first name 2 syallables, middle name 1 syallable). If I ever have children I hope the story behind their names is FAR BETTER than mine!

by NaturallyPrecious 15th April 2010, 4:24 pm

NubieNatty wrote:lol @ naturalhoney aka jordan [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

OT - @NubieNatty: but no you don't have the earrings I've been salivating over!!!!!!! Love's it!!!

by jada07 15th April 2010, 6:14 pm

Sharrón Latrice Sylvain

My first name is pronounced Sha-ron (the "o" makes an "ah" sound). My mother had a friend growing up who had this name but everyone called her Sharon. When my mom asked her why she didn't correct them her friend said it was just too much trouble. My mom told her she thought it was pretty and if she ever had a daughter that's what she would name her.

I'm not sure where my middle name comes from.

Sylvain is my married name (New Orleans based)

I like the fact that all of my names have 7 letters (including my maiden name, Pearson,) and 7 happens to be my favorite number.

by laleepop14 16th April 2010, 12:28 pm

I know this has been going on for a while, but my birth name is Lalita Michelle. My mother loved the name "Lolita" but Im sure you all knew or heard of who she was(the movie, the promiscuous one). She didnt want me associated with that person or her lifestyle so she changed the "o" to an "a". Pronounced La-lee-tuh.
Michelle was because my parents were hoping for a boy so it was originally going to be Micheline, but I think thats the tire brand so my father wasnt havign that and came up with Michelle. It is also my niece's(in honor of me) and sister-in-laws middle name. Then I end off with something simple BROWN...(just like the color).

Great stories!!!!

by blondie 16th April 2010, 11:18 pm

LadyMika wrote:
Karyn wrote:
LadyMika wrote:
goombagirl wrote:I'm the queen of cheesy video games. Mario, Sonic and Zelda are my faves.

DID SOMEONE SAY SONIC??? [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

SERIOUSLY! That's like one of the best games ever (besides Pacman lol)

I know right!? Especially when Sonic & Knuckles came out? And you hooked it up to Sonic 3?? Sheeeeeet. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] Those were the DAYS man! You can't get games like those anymore!!

I'm showing my age...but ain't nuthin' like good ole Atari!!!

by fnggrant 18th April 2010, 12:16 am

the "f" stands for Fatemeh

by Curly_Aquarius 18th April 2010, 12:37 am

blondie wrote:
LadyMika wrote:
Karyn wrote:
LadyMika wrote:
goombagirl wrote:I'm the queen of cheesy video games. Mario, Sonic and Zelda are my faves.

DID SOMEONE SAY SONIC??? [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

SERIOUSLY! That's like one of the best games ever (besides Pacman lol)

I know right!? Especially when Sonic & Knuckles came out? And you hooked it up to Sonic 3?? Sheeeeeet. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] Those were the DAYS man! You can't get games like those anymore!!

I'm showing my age...but ain't nuthin' like good ole Atari!!!

Girl my aunt and I would spend hours playing frogger and Pole Position? those were the days....

by blondie 18th April 2010, 1:19 am

Curly_Aquarius wrote:
blondie wrote:
LadyMika wrote:
Karyn wrote:
LadyMika wrote:
goombagirl wrote:I'm the queen of cheesy video games. Mario, Sonic and Zelda are my faves.

DID SOMEONE SAY SONIC??? [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

SERIOUSLY! That's like one of the best games ever (besides Pacman lol)

I know right!? Especially when Sonic & Knuckles came out? And you hooked it up to Sonic 3?? Sheeeeeet. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] Those were the DAYS man! You can't get games like those anymore!!

I'm showing my age...but ain't nuthin' like good ole Atari!!!
Girl my aunt and I would spend hours playing frogger and Pole Position? those were the days....

To this DAY I can't seem to get that frog across the street!! And old boyfriend and I used to pray before each game and ask the Lord to help us get that frog across the street, but still...splat!!! [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

by Curly_Aquarius 18th April 2010, 1:27 am

blondie wrote:
Curly_Aquarius wrote:
blondie wrote:
LadyMika wrote:
Karyn wrote:
LadyMika wrote:
goombagirl wrote:I'm the queen of cheesy video games. Mario, Sonic and Zelda are my faves.

DID SOMEONE SAY SONIC??? [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

SERIOUSLY! That's like one of the best games ever (besides Pacman lol)

I know right!? Especially when Sonic & Knuckles came out? And you hooked it up to Sonic 3?? Sheeeeeet. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] Those were the DAYS man! You can't get games like those anymore!!

I'm showing my age...but ain't nuthin' like good ole Atari!!!
Girl my aunt and I would spend hours playing frogger and Pole Position? those were the days....

To this DAY I can't seem to get that frog across the street!! And old boyfriend and I used to pray before each game and ask the Lord to help us get that frog across the street, but still...splat!!! [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Girl I dunno if anybody got that frog across that street maybe that was the purpose of the game to try but never succeed?? lol

by blondie 18th April 2010, 1:56 am

Curly_Aquarius wrote:
blondie wrote:
Curly_Aquarius wrote:
blondie wrote:
LadyMika wrote:
Karyn wrote:
LadyMika wrote:
goombagirl wrote:I'm the queen of cheesy video games. Mario, Sonic and Zelda are my faves.

DID SOMEONE SAY SONIC??? [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

SERIOUSLY! That's like one of the best games ever (besides Pacman lol)

I know right!? Especially when Sonic & Knuckles came out? And you hooked it up to Sonic 3?? Sheeeeeet. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] Those were the DAYS man! You can't get games like those anymore!!

I'm showing my age...but ain't nuthin' like good ole Atari!!!
Girl my aunt and I would spend hours playing frogger and Pole Position? those were the days....

To this DAY I can't seem to get that frog across the street!! And old boyfriend and I used to pray before each game and ask the Lord to help us get that frog across the street, but still...splat!!! [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
Girl I dunno if anybody got that frog across that street maybe that was the purpose of the game to try but never succeed?? lol

...and give me a nervous breakdown in the process!

by Curly_Aquarius 18th April 2010, 10:40 am

blondie wrote:
Curly_Aquarius wrote:
blondie wrote:
Curly_Aquarius wrote:
blondie wrote:
LadyMika wrote:
Karyn wrote:
LadyMika wrote:
goombagirl wrote:I'm the queen of cheesy video games. Mario, Sonic and Zelda are my faves.

DID SOMEONE SAY SONIC??? [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

SERIOUSLY! That's like one of the best games ever (besides Pacman lol)

I know right!? Especially when Sonic & Knuckles came out? And you hooked it up to Sonic 3?? Sheeeeeet. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] Those were the DAYS man! You can't get games like those anymore!!

I'm showing my age...but ain't nuthin' like good ole Atari!!!
Girl my aunt and I would spend hours playing frogger and Pole Position? those were the days....

To this DAY I can't seem to get that frog across the street!! And old boyfriend and I used to pray before each game and ask the Lord to help us get that frog across the street, but still...splat!!! [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
Girl I dunno if anybody got that frog across that street maybe that was the purpose of the game to try but never succeed?? lol

...and give me a nervous breakdown in the process!

by danniebella 18th April 2010, 11:09 am

My full name is Dannielle Melissa Dionne Brathwaite. Not sure where the first two names came from, but Dionne comes from Dionne Warwick. My nickname is Dannie and everyone calls me that. People always spell my first name with one "n" and I have to constantly correct them.

by denise78 18th April 2010, 2:17 pm

My name is Denise Lasell.I was named after a blues singer by the same name by my daddy.One of her songs is Your husband has been cheating on us.

by summerbreeze76 18th April 2010, 2:28 pm

Jasmine Desiree Collins (now King)

Im pretty "old"to be named Jasmine, growing up i had the toughest time finding all the fun stuff like barrettes and cups and stuff with my name on it. Now every little girls name is Jasmine.

My mom found my name when she was looking through some files at work and came across a 70 something year old lady whose name was Jasmine. I hated my name growning up, now i have mixed feelings about it, but everyone else seems to like it. I also do not like be called Jas. Thats it. Oh also Desiree has always reminded me of a stripper or porn star.LOL

by Treece 18th April 2010, 3:12 pm

Juices-n-Berries wrote:My name is Lorece Jenette Shaw. The Lorece is pronounced lor-reese. It still gives me problems to this day because people like to add and subtract letters to it. And no matter whether they see it spelled, I say or what, it never gets right. When I say it, they mistake it for Clarice, or Maurice. I'm like dude, I'm a chick. Why would I be named Maurice??? When they see it written, the pronounce it Loreche, Lorence, Loris, the list goes on. And don't even tell it to someone and ask them to spell it. I get Larice, Lourise, Laurese, and La'Reece. <---- [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] R u kidding me??? But it's different and unique so I like it. The only other people I've found with the name is an old deceased white lady born in the 20s (per google) and a German lady I found on Facebook.

My middle name is pretty simple. It's my grandmother's middle name, which comes from her mother's name which is Jeanetta.

My last name is pretty boring. It's Shaw. As if I already have a hard enough time convincing people that I'm African (per daddy) by the way I look (ignorance btw all africans don't look the same), it doesn't help that my last name is Shaw. People are like how are you African if your last name is Shaw. I'm like most LIBERIANS have English last names, as opposed to Nigerians. It really irks me because like Africa is a continent. There are sooooo many different types of people with different ethnic backgrounds. For example, one of my best friends name is Mohamed Arafat. But he's Egyptian and looks like a light skinned black person. If Africa is the continent from which all our ancestors came, why would one think they all look the same since we don't now. Anyways, let me get off my
soapbox. I can get really carried away. Lol.

Oh one more thing. My mom almost named me Krisnaja. Thank God I escaped that one. Lol.

I was so proud of myself because I said it right lolol. It's pretty though I like Lorece
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My first name is Patrice, as a child I hated my name because kids would make fun of it and call me Pat-rice, Rice Patty among other things. But I like it now, what I do not like is when I tell people my name, and they come back to try and say my name again and they say Patricia (another joke in middle school too because the librarian's first name was Patricia), or if I send in for a magazine or something, somehow my name is Patricia!

My middle name is Ana-Alicia, though Ana should be pronounced: Ah Nuh, my mom calls it Anna, so I say it Anna too. I like my middle name and as a child I wished that it was my first but I'm sure that would've been made fun of too lol.

My dad almost named Cleopatra...thank God that didn't happen.

I despise my last name, and I can't wait to get rid of it. If I'm not married at a certain age I'll be legally changing it lmao. I like my DB's last name so hopefully we get married lmao.

by Treece 18th April 2010, 3:27 pm

Ohhh and to bring back baby names, I really like Keilana Keilee for a girl. Keilana is Hawaiian, and means adored one (or so it says lol). I may change the middle name since it seems redundant, but I'm really big on having the first and middle names starting with the same letters lol.

For a boy I like Jameson, Benjamin, Jayden, & Aiden, but before I get to those I would like him to have his father's name, whoever that may be.

I also like my mom's middle name: Cyrene.

And the name Liam, that was mentioned a few pages back. Very Happy

by jac.attack 18th April 2010, 3:40 pm

Jacquelyn Christina.

My mom named me after former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and also she always liked the name Jacquelyn. Her name ends in -lyn so instead of -line or -lin she chose to end mine in -lyn too.

I don't know why she chose Christina. I think she just like the name and thought it sounded nice with Jacquelyn. She chose the Chr beginning instead of Kristina because she wanted my brother and I to have the same initials "JCW".

Also the nurse wrote my name down wrong so legally my name is Jacquelyn Christian. Small mistake but my mom was furious when she found out fifteen years later lol

by MsChris8 18th April 2010, 8:45 pm

Christen Nicole

My parents chose my first name because they wanted me to have a Christian name (hence my name being spelled Christen instead of the more common Kristen). I don't know about my middle name but I seriously think it was a trend to make Nicole a middle name back them. I know sooo many people around my age with the same one.

by blondie 19th April 2010, 12:08 am

Since the only children I'll ever have are of the 4 legged variety, all my puppykids have, first, middle, and their father's surname.

My husband's adult children moved out and the oldest wanted to take the family pup, whose name was Stormie (my husband named all puppykids after cartoon characters). As he was quite lost without his pal, we decided to adopt when we got engaged. I insisted on naming our new pup, but wanted to pay homage to to DH's puppypal. I've also always loved Biblical names, and had recently seen a MTV reporter and said if I ever adopted a little boy, 2 or 4 legged, he'd have THAT name! Hence, a Biblican/X-Man naming theme was born....

GIDEON STORM - MTV reporter/DH's favorite female X-Men
JERICHO ROGUE - saw on a road sign/Louisiana X-Men character, I love me some Nawlins!!
ZION JUBILEE - always loved the name/an X-Men character and also has Biblical ties

...and if I can get my husband to lose his mind long enough to agree to another kid, that one will be named...

TRINITY MYSTIQUE!!!! [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

by Treece 19th April 2010, 2:52 am

@Blondie: I absolutely love those name, very cute to please the hubby and get to name them too. ^^

by BrownSkinDiva 19th April 2010, 11:36 am

this is a fun topic Smile

My first name is Tiffany and my middle name is Chantel...i have no clue why my parents picked these names, but I love my middle name...just wish I didnt have such a common first name Smile

by mesocoillee 19th April 2010, 12:04 pm

Hey everyone I'm Jacquice Malisia Stone. No funny story behind my name only that I have been called every other name since I can remember.....Jackie, Jacqueline, Jacquita, Jacquanice, Jessica. I'm always asked to spell my name or asked to repeat my name a couple of times. I hated my name when I was younger but I've sinced learn to love and embrace my unique name. I have only met three other ladies with my name.

by sweetdrk1 19th April 2010, 11:19 pm

I am loving these stories!!

by CreoleLady88 20th April 2010, 1:16 am

My full name is Marissa Marie Melonson. My mom wanted to name me Carissa Michelle, but her older sister told her the name Carissa was stupid lol so on the day of my birth my aunt decided the name Marissa was more sensible and my mom just went along with it! Marie was my great grandmother's middle name.

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